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The Chairman, House Committee on Defence, Alhaji Bashir Kazaure, says the resettlement of retired service men would help in reducing crime rate. Kazaure, speaking during an oversight visit to the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC ) in La...
Some aides of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, are in a messy power play with members of the National Working Committee, reports reaching LEADERSHIP WEEKEND suggests. At the centre of the alleged ...
All judgments rising from its members who have appealed to the courts as a result of legal actions instituted by some of its members against the outcome of the party’s last congresses in some states and geopolitical zones, will only be respected ...
The Federal Government will create 3 to 5 million jobs by 2015, Mr Labaran Maku, Minister of Information and Communications, has said. The minister said this on Friday shortly after the foundation laying ceremony of the new Federal Secretariat complex ...
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) says it is too early to fault the media on the non-use of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Mr Gbenga Onayiga, the NUJ National Vice President, Zone H, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday...
The House of Representatives committee on Land Transport has expressed satisfaction with the N2.4 billion rail rehabilitation project in the North Central part of the country. Dr Sokonte Davies, the Committee’s Chairman, who led other members on ...
Sen. Olusola Adeyeye on Friday called on the Federal Government to explore all possible means, including concession to the aggrieved in the interest of peace. Adeyeye, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Osogbo, stressed the need for the ...
Stakeholders in the housing development on Thursday sought collaboration with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in fighting the influx of substandard building materials to the markets The request was made during the ``Material Session Day&rsqu...
Bishop Ephraim Ikeakor, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Amichi in Anambra, has charged the nation’s judiciary to join meaningfully in the fight against corruption for sustainable development. Ikeakor gave the charge on Friday in Onitsha, Anambr...
The Plateau Government Friday banned the operation of motorcycles in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, citing the security situation in the state capital as a reason for the action. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Abraham Yiljap, announced the ban at a n...
A report that a car laden with explosive devices had been abandoned at AP Plaza, Wuse II, Abuja, caused panic in the area on Friday. Workers in the building and those of a new generation bank located beside it were evacuated and the area cordoned off b...
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) on Friday called for the prosecution of all marketers allegedly involved in the oil subsidy fraud. Mr David Ugolor, the Executive Director of ANEEJ, made this known in an interview with th...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) against playing the religious card in its desperate attempt to destabilise the South-west, saying the consequences of such a misadventure would be too grave for t...
A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Audu Ogbe, and Major Gen. Muhammad Shuwa (retd) have disagreed with the former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma, who was quoted to have said that Borno State was one of the faile...
The Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra on Thursday urged traditional rulers in the country to join the campaign for safe driving embarked upon by the commission. Mr Hyginus Omeje, the FRSC Acting Sector Commander in Anambra, made the req...